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Click to view all images November 1, 1994 Page 16 November 1, 1994 Page 17 The following poems were written by youth involved in the writing group at YouthCare’s Orion center, a drop-in center for street kids. All of these poems are taken from a book enti ...

There’s an interference in my psyche: the water is gray and constantly rolling. Will birds speak before the earthquake comes? It’s in the news now: water must be saved— translucent—not rumbling like this strange sea in my mind. I’ve waited for the olive ...

I saw a picture of Beethoven’s skull— the dog food, the gray stuff, the overweight spaghetti missing—but, once upon a time, coiled around symphonies. The sockets were black and boring, above a smile as long as a Halloween octave. Oh, Beethoven! your nose ...